Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Inking and Distressing by Kristin Greenwood

We have some inking and distressing tips along with some September Main kit inspiration today from My Creative Scrapbook design team member Kristin Greenwood!

Here's Kristin:

My favorite technique in scrapbooking is inking and distressing. I just
love the look and the dimension it gives to my projects (plus it makes
me feel like its okay to use all the pretty paper for my boy when I do
it)!

Here are a few tool that you can use to distress.

All scrappers have scissors, you can use the edge of the
blade (you might have to work harder with the scissors to get a heavy
distress look and you are more likely to tear your paper, but with
practice your scissor can be a great distress tool). The Close To My
Heart distress tool (other brands carry similar tools) is great for
smaller embellishments (like stickers and die cuts). The Prima tool is
the one I use the most. I find it is the most comfortable to hold and
control.

There are a few different ways that I ink and/or distress my paper...

One way is just distress the edges of my paper, no inking.

Another is to ink the edges of your paper first,

than distress the edges.

The
last way is to ink the edges of your paper, distress and ink again.

The side on the left is ink and distress. The side
on the right is ink, distress, ink.

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I fell in love with scrapbooking when my son was born. The industry has changed a lot since then, but my love of scrapbooking has only continued to grow. Ten years ago my family started a small scrapbook business that has grown more than we could have ever imagined. We are so thankful for our customers and the joy they continue to bring into our lives.

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